canvassing

canvassing
index analysis, inquiry (systematic investigation)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


canvassing
the attempt made, off trade premises, to get another person to enter into a regulated consumer credit agreement. Canvassing for debtor-creditor agreements off trade premises is an offence.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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